Cabinets



Oct. 8, 1957 Filed July 24, 1956 R. H. TAYLOR 2,809,084

CABINETS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 38 INVENTOR. REUBEN H. TAYLOR Qumh, s, GMM

ATTQRNEYS United safes Patent o f CABINETS Reuben H. Taylor, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

Application July 24, 1956, Serial No. 599,887

1 Claim. (Cl. 312-257) This invention relates to cabinets and more particularly to a means for forming a cabinet in a space above an existing cabinet or shelving and the ceiling in a room of a dwelling house or the like.

lt is quite common practice, today, to install cabinets or shelving or the like in kitchens or other rooms of dwelling houses wherein the cabinets are secured to a wall and suspended a distance below the ceiling of the room. In many cases, it is desirable to build an additional cabinet linto the space between the existing cabinet and the ceiling, however, the cost of this work is quite high because of the manual labor required and because standard parts may not be used since the spacing between the existing cabinet and the ceiling usually varies slightly from one installation to another.

Thus, it is an object of this invention to provide a means for building a cabinet into the space between an existing cabinet or the like and the ceiling but wherein the parts for building this cabinet may be of standard size to reduce the amount of manual labor which would normally be required for rough forming such a type of installation.

A further object of this invention is to form a column support for a cabinet or the like which column is adjustable in length and may be installed without previously measuring or removing or adding a separate part to the column to properly it within the space for which it is designed.

Yet another object of this invention is to form a column support which is first, adjustable in length, and secondly is provided with means for the reception of panel facing such as is used in cabinets and also with cover strip means rst, to cover the front of the column, as well as the connection between the panels and the column, and second, to hold the panel facing without the use of screws or nails or the like.

These and other objects of my invention will become apparent upon reading the following description of which the attached drawings form a part.

Referring to the attached drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a conventional cabinet secured to a wall beneath a ceiling with a space formed between the cabinet and the ceiling and a cabinet of this novel construction installed within that space.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken in the direction of arrows 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper end of the center column, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the cover strip used in connection with this column.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken in the direction of arrows 5-5 of Fig. 1.

With reference, first, to Fig. l, a conventional cabinet is shown as being secured to a wall of a room and spaced a distance below the existing ceiling 11 of the room. This cabinet has the usual doors and usual construction and the construction thereof forms no part of this invention.

2,809,084 Patented Oct. 8, 1957 Above the existing cabinet and built into the space between theV cabinet and the ceiling 11, is a cabinet 12. This cabinet is formedV by means of securing vertical columns to the existing cabinet and the ceiling 11 and attaching to these vertical columns panel facing which facing may be cut out for the reception of the usual swinging or sliding doors or may be kept intact to form a complete enclosure.

The columns, with reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 5, may consist of a center column 15 and end columns 16 with each of the columns being grooved at 17 and 18 at the rear thereof, with the grooves extending from the top of the column at least'part way down along the length of the'column and being arranged at a bias relative to the sides of the column. The grooves also open at the rear of the column and the purpose of these grooves will be described below.

The columns may normally be toe-nailed to the existing cabinet 10- and may be cut to a standard size which is slightly less than the expected space to be found in the average installation and may be adjusted in length by means of adjustment brackets 20. These brackets are formed ofV a base 21 having openings 22 with the `,ase normally being arranged against the ceiling 11 as illustrated in Fig. 5, Aand with nails or screws or the like inserted through the openings V$2.2 to secure the base to the ceiling. VBent 'from the base 20 is a back 23 having bent therefrom angled legs 24 and 25 (see Fig. 3). ri`hese legs are formed for insertion into the column channels 17 and 18 respectively and are slidable upwards and downwards along the length of these channels 17 and 18. Thus, in installation after the column is secured to the lower surface, which in this case is the cabinet 2id, the bracket 20 is raised or lowered slightly relative to the column and the base 20 thereof is connected to the ceiling 11. Because of this leg and channel configuration, an adjustment of a considerable length may be made so that a great deal of the manual labor normally required for measuring, cutting, and fitting of the usual columns which may otherwise be used for this purpose is completely eliminated.

In many installations, instead of toe-nailing the columns in place, the grooves 17 and 18 may be extended to the bottoms of the columns and brackets 20 may be used at the bottoms as well as the top of such columns. The installation of the bottom brackets would be the same as that shown in Figs. 4 and 5 only upside down.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the front side edges of the center column 15 is rabbetted at 30 and 31 for the reception of the ends of facing panels 32 and 33 which are within these rabbettings in the manner to be described below. The end columns may also be rabbetted at 35 for the same purpose. It is apparent, that where a center column is used, the rabbetting would be formed in pairs and for end columns the rabbetting may either be in pairs or only on one side of the end columns as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The fronts of each of the columns are channeled at 36 for the reception of the stem 37 of a T-shaped cover strip 38 wherein the legs 39 of the cover strip are arranged to cover the front of the columns as well as the connection between the paneling 32 and 33 and the column. The cover strip secures the panels in place and no nails or screws are required. Thus, the finished job is quite clean looking and the rough edges of the panels are covered, and the panels are positioned and held in position.

Normally, the panels 32 and 33 are cut in such a way that they are quite close to the length of the space within which the panels are iitted. However, in order to compensate for the differences in dimension of the panels 32 and in order to make possible rough measurement of the panel 32, a top angle strip 40 is provided which is secured to the ceiling in any conventional way, such as by nailing, and is arranged to cover the Yfront of the panel 32 as illustrated for example, in Fig. 5. A similar strip may also be used on the bottom of this cabinet where desired. This, however, is not illustrated because the construction of the strip 'would be the same as that described above,

To complete the cabinet installation, the paneling may be cut away for the accommodation of doors 11 and 42 which may be hingedly mounted in the conventional manner or in the alternative may becut away for the reception of xturesfor sliding doors of any conventional type. The construction of the doors and the mounting ofthe doors form no part of this invention.

This invention may be further developed within the `scope of the following attached claim and accordingly,

it is desired that the foregoing description be readas being merely illustrative of one operative embodiment of this invention and not in Va strictly limiting sense.

I now claim: A support column for use in supporting facing material for a cabinet constructed in a space between an upper and a lower planar surface wherein the space varies slightly from one installationto another, comprising a 25 vertically arranged support columnof a length slightly less `than the space within which the column i s to be tted, the bottom end of the column being formed for connection to the lower planar surface, and means for connecting the upper column end to the upper planar surface regardless of the variation distance between such end 'and surface, said means comprising a pair of grooves formed in the column and extending from the upper 'end 'a distance towards the bottom end, with the grooves opening at the rear of the column and extending from such rear opening at a bias towards each other and towards the center of the column, said means further including a connection bracket formed of at, rigid sheet material and bent into a at base and a downwardly depending back arranged substantially at right angles to the base, the opposite sides of the back being bent towards each other at a bias to form two legs with the legs being angled, relative to the back, to correspond with the angular direction of the column grooves so that the legs may be each inserted into the top of a groove by sliding the bracket back in the length direction of the column, and said grooves being of suflicient length that the connection bracket may be adjusted vertically relative to the column to place the bracket base in contact with the upper planar surface and thereby compensate for differences in the various spaces within which the column may be installed.

References Cited i'n 'the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 361,111 Baines Apr. 12, 1887 1,055,201 Mason Mar. 4, 1913 2,664,258 Lanier Dec. 29, 1953 2,722,689 Uphues Nov. 8, 1955 2,752,215 Peiss June 26, 1956 

